My sculptural practice is rooted in an ongoing investigation of identity — specifically, how personal experience is shaped by time, place, and the psychological weight of shared human conditions such as loss, death, and anxiety. These themes are not only approached as isolated events but as persistent undercurrents that define lived experience. I consider my work a negotiation between the internal and external self, and how that negotiation manifests materially.
Central to my practice is the integration of text within sculptural form, particularly through the medium of neon. The written word carries an inherent immediacy — language can strike quickly, directly, and emotionally. In contrast, the physical process of bending glass and working with neon is slow, methodical, and physically demanding. This tension between the urgency of communication and the deliberate labor of craft is integral to my work. Each piece becomes both a gesture and an artifact — a distilled emotional truth rendered through a process that resists haste.
Neon itself is a material of contradiction — fragile yet luminous, industrial yet intimate. Composed of glass, inert gases, and electric current, neon embodies a kind of ephemeral permanence. It is matter transformed into light, echoing the impermanence and essence of human life and the environments we inhabit. Much like memory or emotion, neon exists in a liminal state — visible and radiant, yet immaterial and fleeting. This intrinsic quality allows the medium to mirror the complexity of presence, absence, and transformation that I seek to explore in my work.
By engaging with neon as both a sculptural and poetic medium, I aim to materialize the intangible: memory, emotion, and the fragile constancy of being. The works function as spatial texts, illuminating not only language but the process of making itself — a meditative act that mirrors the very introspection it seeks to express.